"The student can actually carry out the mathematical tasks in an authentically historical setting. He can do long division like the ancient Egyptians, solve quadratic equations like the Babylonians, and study geometry just as the student in Euclid's day. To get involved in the same processes and problems as the ancient mathematicians and to effect solutions in the face of the same difficulties they faced is the best way to gain appreciation of the intelligence and ingenuity of the scholars of early times."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Lucas N. H. Bunt, Phillip S. Jones, Jack D. Bedient, The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics (1976).
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mathematics_education
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Mathematics education
52 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Mathematics education →
Related Quotes
"Because of white racism's ability to bludgeon us into believing that we are inferior beings and therefore incapable o…"
"Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and r…"
"By the beginning of the seventeenth century we may say that the fundamental principles of arithmetic, algebra, theory…"
"Those intending to continue in mathematics or science or technology... believe that a survey of the main directions a…"
"All the modern higher mathematics is based on a calculus of operations, on laws of thought. All mathematics, from the…"
"Students enjoy... and gain in their understanding of today's mathematics through analyzing older and alternative appr…"
"1. The human mind is so constructed that it must see every perception in a time-relation—in an order—and every percep…"
"The Eudemian Summary says that "Pythagoras changed the study of geometry into the form of a liberal education, for he…"
"In mathematics the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems."
"Euclid's manner of exposition, progressing relentlessly from the data to the unknown and from the hypothesis to the c…"